Which preposition to use with apex

of Occurrences 139%

And, lastly, a large mastiff made his appearance, walking in a slow, measured gait, with a sleek tortoise-shell cat on his back; and she, in turn, was surmounted by a mouse, which formed the apex of this singular pyramid.

to Occurrences 5%

They thus moved forward in the shape of a triangle, the apex to the rear.

for Occurrences 5%

Henley Fairford replaced his wife at Undine's side; and since it was unheard-of at Apex for a married man to force his society on a young girl, she inferred that the others didn't care to talk to her, and that her host and hostess were in league to take her off their hands.

in Occurrences 4%

Her first struggleafter she had ceased to scream for candy, or sulk for a new toyhad been to get away from Apex in summer.

on Occurrences 2%

"It grew out of a bit of talk with the man who will have to put the apex on our pyramid after we have done our part.

with Occurrences 1%

Imagine the Egyptian needle in Central Park, shod on its apex with hard steel, dropped point downward from the height of Trinity steeple; it weighs 225 tons, and it would strike with just about the effect of one of the 110 ton gun's projectiles.

at Occurrences 1%

" The object of the French triangle, having its apex at Namur, was to break the German army in two.

from Occurrences 1%

The hole blasted by the miners looks like the crater of a huge volcano without the circling top, and sloping down to an apex from which is the tunnel to the mill.

toward Occurrences 1%

REDAN, a rampart shaped like the letter V, with its apex toward the enemy.

as Occurrences 1%

Mr. Spragg had come to Apex as a poor boy, and their early married life had been a protracted struggle, darkened by domestic affliction.

Which preposition to use with  apex